One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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